The Importance Of Eating Sugar In America

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Most people blame the waistlines in America on sugar. Not to long ago people realized that eating to much sugar can give you heart disease. Every one knew that it wasn't good to eat a lot of sugary food but they didn't realize how unhealthy it is. The biggest reason that people didn't think it was that bad to eat a lot of sugar is all the misguiding research that was put out. About 610,000 people die from heart diseases from sugar.

If the world ditched the sugary food and sweets the world would have a lot more money. There would be a lot less death. We all know that will never happen. It's impossible to stop eating sugar all together. Pretty much all foods have sugar in them. If sugar wasn't a thing we wouldn't be alive. Even our bodies have

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